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Looking up and down the Big Ten stats this year it is pretty clear that there just are not any impact freshmen. Last year?s all-freshman team consisted of Eric Gordon, Manny Harris, Kosta Koufos, Robbie Hummel, and E?Twaun Moore. Two of those guys were main cogs for the Purdue team that won the ...
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